General elections were held in Oman for the first time in 1991.[1]

Background

Sultan Qaboos announced the creation of the Consultative Assembly to replace the State Consultative Council in a speech on National Day in November 1990.[2]

Electoral system

The 60-member Consultative Assembly consisted of 59 district representatives and a Chairman.[3] It was initially announced that each of the 59 electoral districts, based on the country's wilayahs, would nominate three candidates, and it was assumed that the candidates would then face direct elections. In April 1991 provincial committees started producing lists of candidates by secret ballot.[2] The provincial committees were between 400 and 500 people in size and consisted of people with "valued opinion and experience".[2] They were appointed by local governors and restricted to dignitaries, tribal leaders and some graduates, all of whom had to be invited to vote by local governors.[4] Women could be selected to join the committees but were not allowed to stand as candidates.[4]

Candidates were required to be at least 30 years old, not have an unpardoned conviction for an "offence of dishonesty" and be of "high esteem [and] good reputation".[5]

Results

Although elections had been expected, a royal decree in November resulted in the candidate lists being reviewed by Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said. Bin Mahmud then made a recommendation for which candidate to join the Consultative Assembly to Qaboos to ratify.[5]

Members

Wilayah Member
AdamMohammed bin Sultan bin Hamed al-Mahrooqi
Al AmaratAbdallah bin Isal al-Kindi
Al AwabiAbdalrahman bin Saif bin Hammad al-Kharousi
Al BuraimiAhmed bin Rashid bin Hamed al-Shamsi
Al HamraSalim bin Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Abri
Al JazirGhareeb bin Sa'ad bin Musallam al-Junaidi
Al Kamil walWafiYasser bin Ali al-Rasbi
Al-MudhaibiBadr bin Self Al-Bu Sa'id
Al QabilAbdallah bin Hamdoon bin Humaid al-Harthi
Al-RustaqKhalid bin Saif bin Nasser al-Ghafri
BahlaIbrahim bin Mohammed al-Hina'i'
BarkaAli bin Hamoud bin Ali Al Bu Sa'id
BawsharNasser bin Mansoor bin Saif al-Salti
BidbidAhmad bin Nasser al-Rahbi
BidiyaAmer bin Mohammed bin Shamis al-Hajri
BukhaAhmed bin Abdallah bin Mohammed al-Malik al-Shuhi
DhalkoutAhmed bin Sa'id Hardan
DhankAli bin Said bin Khalifa al-Yahyai
Dibba Al-BayaMohammed bin Ali Bu Rashid al-Shuhi
Dima wa Ta'eenSoud bin Nasser al-Handhali
DuqmAbdallah bin Mabkhout bin Ali al-Janaibi
Himahal-Abd bin al-Sharqi bin Aks al-Haroosi
IbraAbdallah bin Hashel bin Rashid al-Maskeri
IbriAbdullah bin Mohammed al-Yaqoubi
IzkiAbdullah bin Mohammed bin Gaith al-Darmaki
Jalan Bani Bu AliAbdullah bin Mohammed al-Hamouda
Jalan Bani Bu HasanSa'id bin Mohammed bin Abdallah al-Suwa'i
KhabourahAbdallah bin Mohammed bin Said al-Sa'idi
KhasabAbdallah bin Abdulkadir al-Karnli
LiwaKhalid bin Saif al-Raisi
MadhaAhmed bin Abdallah bin Khalfan al-Madhani
MaghshanSalim bin al-Nukhairah al-Katheeri
MahdhaAhmed bin Obaid bin Juma al-Ka'abi
MahootSaid bin Saif al-Hakmani
ManahAmer bin Hamad al-Suleimani
MasirahMohammed bin Khan's bin Hilal al-Majali
MirbatKhalid bin Ahmed bin Said al-Amri
Musana'ahSalim bin Mohammed bin Sa'id al-Mardoof al Sa'idi
MuscatMohsin bin Haidar bin Darwish
MuttrahAflah bin Hamad bin Salim al-Ruwahi
NakhalMalik bin Ibrahim al-Kindi
NizwaYahya bin Abdullah al-Nabhani
QurayyatAdei bin Muhammed al-Battashi
RakhyoutAbdallah bin Mustahail bin Salim Shammas
Sa'dahSalim bin Khalfan bin Rashid al-Shukaili
SahamIbrahim bin Ali al-Asfoor
SalalahSalim bin Abdullah al-Ruwas
SeebMansour bin Harith al-Amry
ShinasIbrahim bin Majid al-Farsi
SoharAli bin Said al-Shibli
Suma'ilSalim bin Hilal al-Khalili
SurSuhail bin Salim al-Makhaini
SuwayqRashid bin Hamdan bin Saba'a al-Sa'idi
TaqahSa'id bin Suhail al-Ma'ashani
ThumraitMusallam bin Mohammed Bait Kathir
Wadi al-Ma'awalSaleh bin Soud bin Khalil al-Ma'awali
Wadi bin Khalid
YanqulGhassan bin Hamad al-Alawi
Source: Allen & Rigsbee

Aftermath

Abdullah bin Ali al-Qatabi, the former President of the State Consultative Council, was appointed Chairman of the new Consultative Assembly in November 1991. The Assembly subsequently elected two deputy chairmen at its first ordinary meeting in January 1992; Salim bin Hilal al-Khalili and Aflah bin Hamad bin Salim al-Rawahi.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Omanis vote in Shura Council elections Al Jazeera, 15 October 2011
  2. 1 2 3 Calvin H Allen & W Lynn Rigsbee II (2014) Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996, Routledge, p50
  3. ↑ Sulaiman al-Farsi (2013) Democracy and Youth in the Middle East: Islam, Tribalism and the Rentier State in Oman, I.B.Tauris, p78
  4. 1 2 Al-Farsi, p82
  5. 1 2 Allen & Rigsbee, p51
  6. ↑ Allen & Rigsbee, p57
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